Jobs / Nucleus Financial
Database and Infrastructure Engineer
Nucleus Financial · London, ENG, United Kingdom
London, ENG, United KingdomOnsite
Remuneration
Bonus and non-contributory pension
Location
London, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
This hands-on role administers and maintains the performance, security and resilience of a business-critical Microsoft SQL Server estate supporting customer-facing software and internal systems in a regulated financial services environment. The engineer manages database operations, high availability, disaster recovery and migrations, alongside Windows Server, Active Directory and IIS infrastructure, Azure-related services, audit evidence and technical documentation.
Benefits
Non-contributory pensionBonusEnhanced parental leavePaid time off for emergenciesHealth and wellbeing initiativesFlexible working options
Qualifications
- Experience in a technical role focused on Microsoft SQL Server database administration.
- Experience supporting B2B customer-facing technology.
- Experience in a regulated or externally audited industry and familiarity with control frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, ISAE 3402, AAF, CIS or NIST.
- Production SQL Server administration experience, including installation, patching, backup and restore, point-in-time recovery, security, SQL Agent and performance tuning.
- Proficiency in T-SQL for queries, stored procedures and maintenance scripts.
- Strong Windows Server administration and advanced Active Directory experience, including trusts, Kerberos delegation and certificate management.
- Knowledge of Windows-based IIS administration and PowerShell scripting.
- Experience with backup and disaster recovery tools and processes.
- Strong documentation skills and experience managing third-party vendors or suppliers.
- Desirable: SQL Server high availability and disaster recovery design, Azure administration, or Azure SQL migration experience.
- Desirable: Experience with Redgate SQL Monitor, PRTG, Grafana, Jira or Confluence.
- Desirable: Administration experience with PostgreSQL, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, ADFS, BizTalk, SharePoint or Fortinet/FortiGate.
- Desirable: Knowledge of payment and settlement gateways, trading interfaces, CASS, wealth management or stockbroking.
Responsibilities
- Install, configure, patch, upgrade and support Microsoft SQL Server.
- Maintain SQL Server high availability and disaster recovery configurations, including Always On availability groups and failover clustering.
- Monitor and tune database performance, queries, indexes, statistics and capacity.
- Manage database logins, roles and permissions according to least-privilege and audit requirements.
- Maintain SQL Agent jobs, maintenance plans, integrity checks, backups and disaster recovery processes.
- Support database migrations and upgrades, including moves to Azure-native services.
- Administer Active Directory, including trusts, Kerberos delegation, service accounts and certificate services.
- Maintain Windows Server and IIS infrastructure, including routine patching.
- Respond to audit and customer due-diligence requests and provide supporting evidence.
- Coordinate third-party vendors, technical escalations and change delivery.
- Maintain technical documentation, runbooks and knowledgebase articles.
- Monitor infrastructure alerts, contribute to team planning and support database, infrastructure and security projects.
Skills
AzureConfluenceGrafanaJiraPostgreSQLPowerShellRESTWindowsWindows Server
Work schedule
Out-of-hours maintenance and occasional project work
Industry
Regulated financial servicesWealth managementStockbrokingFinancial-market infrastructure
Relocation
No